ATLAS-2

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ATLAS-2 was a Space Shuttle-based NASA mission carrying a suite of instruments to study Earth's atmosphere, solar radiation, and their interactions in support of climate and environmental research.

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ATLAS-2 canonical 4
ATLAS-2 ATMOS 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Atmospheric science mission
NASA spaceflight
Space Shuttle mission
apogee ~296 km
callsign Atlantis STS-56
carriedInstrument ACRIM II
linked to: ACRIM

ATLAS-2 ATMOS
linked to: ATLAS-2

Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor II
Atmospheric Trace Molecule Spectroscopy experiment
ERBE instruments
Earth Radiation Budget Experiment instruments
MAHRSI
MAS
Measurement of the Solar Constant instrument
Middle Atmosphere High Resolution Spectrograph Investigation
Millimeter-wave Atmospheric Sounder
SOLACES
SOLCON
SSM
SUSIM
Solar Constant and Aerosol Measurement instrument
Solar Spectrum Measurement instrument
Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor
country United States
crewSize 5
focusArea Earth radiation budget
ozone chemistry
solar irradiance
trace gases in the atmosphere
upper atmosphere composition
followedBy ATLAS-3
inclination 57.0 degrees
landingDate 1993-04-17
landingSite Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility
launchDate 1993-04-08
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B
missionCommander Kenneth D. Cameron
missionDuration 6 hours
8 minutes
9 days
missionNumberInProgram second ATLAS mission
missionPilot Stephen S. Oswald
missionSpecialist Ellen Ochoa
Kenneth D. Cockrell
Michael Foale
operator NASA
orbitType Low Earth orbit
linked to: low Earth orbit
payloadType Spacelab pallet payload
perigee ~292 km
precededBy ATLAS-1
primaryObjective investigate Sun–Earth interactions
measure solar radiation
study Earth’s atmosphere
support climate research
support environmental research
program ATLAS program
Space Shuttle program
spacecraft STS-56
Space Shuttle Atlantis
supportsResearch climate change studies
long-term solar variability studies
ozone layer monitoring

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ATLAS-1 followedBy ATLAS-2
ATLAS missions mission ATLAS-2
ATLAS-2 carriedInstrument ATLAS-2 ATMOS
linked to: ATLAS-2
STS-56 primaryPayload ATLAS-2